Shovel



`Ilune 30,' 1931. C. S. MacKENzlE I l,812,160

SHOVEL Filed Jan. 2, 1930 5Mae/wok C./Plflflff/l/Z/f A7 IMM!!! o construction of parts as hereinafter more a recess 7 extends downwardly into the body CO f I 45 portion so that when, for instance,the shovel :edg'esfitting the marginal edges of the `recess is used as a crow bar, the lower edge of the a' welded joint belng formed betweensuch e blade is inserted asa lever under some object 'f edges and between the frog'andf the face of it is desired. to lift and downward pressure the shovel. 1 X I v Aisexerted upon the handle of the shovel soV `CI-IARLES SIDNEYU'MACKENZIE. JM

- f en that the portion l'X-bears upon the ground or Patented June V30,1931 i w i 3 'i I I I UNITEDSTATES PATENT oFFflcE .i

. cHARLEs sInNEY MACKENZIE, or GANANoQuE, oN'rnaro, CANADA7 SHOVEL p Applicationgfileed January 2, 1930. Serial No. 418,055.:r

My invention vrelatesr to. ilnprovementsxin other support to serve as. a fulcrum, thereis shovels, and theobjectjofl the invention is to v no danger of the blade` andshank breaking`V devise means for reinforcing'v the heel of the apart as is frequently found to. be the case in shovel, that is the portion between the blade constructions hitherto employed. v' I and the shank, so thatv whenathe shovel is g I will now refer to F igs. 5 to 7. 55

used .for a lever and is fulcrumed upon this v' 5 is the blade of the shovel. 6 is the splt portion there will be no .danger of breaking shank' which is Vformed integral with the down the back of theshovel by buckling, and shovel thereby leaving an Opening 7 between fit consists essentially of the arrangement andv the lsha-nk and the'shovel'blade from which particularly explained. v of the blade` forming the frog ofA thel f Fig. 1 is'a perspective view of my shovel shovel. 8 is an insert piece provided AWith a looking at the rear thereot p tongue 8x which issimilar in form to the Fig. 2 is a perspective det-ail of the shovel tongue 2 and lits within thel orifice 7, the ln'-. g blade. j f sert piece 8-extending over therecessv 7) in, 65 Fig. 3 is a perspective detail o-fthe shovel 'the position shownl in Fig. 5. When in this i shank and frog. eposition'the parts are welded together lthere-` Fig. ttis a similar view toV Fig. 3 looking by -reinforcing the back of theshovel in a at the reverse side. I f' similar manner to that illustrated in F igs. 20, Fig. 5 isa perspective view illustratlng an 1, 2 and 4.

alternative construction. 'i From this description it will be seen that Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective details of the I have devised a very simple construction of' parts comprising the constructionillustrated shovel, the back of which Will bereinforced in Fig. 5 separated apart; i so that the 'shovel Will permit of any type of 05 VIn the drawings like characters of referrough usage to Which vit is commonly subvence indicate corresp'onding parts in each je'cted, particularly when in the hands of v igure. v f 3 section men of a railroad, so that there V'will I will first refer to-Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.' be no danger of the back of the shovel be-v 1 indicatesfthe blade of the shovelwhich is comin'gbroken when'the shovel is used asia provided at its upper edgefwith a tongue 2 lever ror when subjected to. any other vhardBQ extending forward'and upward .in substanusage, and yet willl permitthe employment i tially triangular form.v I v i of avfsplitsocket into whichthe shovel handle 3 is the shank of-.the'shovel whichiswsplitf may be readily inserted.4 'I tubular in form the split -lineindifcated at What I'claim as my invention is: 3x spreading' apart at itslower end asindi-` e A shovel comprising a shovelblade having 35 catedat 39 and 31 so fasjtofit' each side edge' a substantial transversely flat central portion of the tongue 2. 4 is a. frog which is formed extending to theupper margin Vof the blade, f integral with the shank 3 and 'lits against'v ahandle inthe'form of atube split longitudil the front face of the blade 1. When `the fnally at itsfrear, afrogformedintegralwith 40 tongue 2 is insertedgin position as above de- Vthe handle the side edges of the split merging 99 scribed, the tongue 2,,ishank3', frog 4 and 'into the upperl edge of the frog-to form aV i blade 1 are then welded together, the tongue shaped rearrecess, and a` tongue formed in- 2 inserted in the lower .portion of the shank' tegral lWith'the blade and eXtending from the adjacent the frog serving .to reinforce that upper edge thereof andr having its marginal 

